Strangers’ Hall

In the centre of Norwich (use the excellent Park & Ride) this is not just your everyday museum of life. It’s a rambling sort of place, spanning many periods in history with plenty to interest most people – young & old alike. Fabulous value. [Right click on the link below & “open link”.]

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Why Strangers? Walloons & Huguenots, escaping religious persecution from the Low Countries, sought sanctuary in Protestant England and Scotland and were permitted to set up their Stranger churches. Norwich, a staple port. was one such favoured location.

https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2016/06/24/strangers-a-brief-history-of-norwichs-incomers/

Many migrants brought their canaries with them (each worth a week’s wages at that time because the Church maintained a monopoly on breeding by only allowing the sale of cock birds). Hence the origin of the nickname for Norwich City Football Club.